False Prophet

April 28, 1985|Sunday Call-Chronicle

To the Editor:

Many learned persons, historians, etc., throughout the planet Earth have drawn the conclusion that the Russian imperial nation would have never become a totalitarian nation (supposedly Communist) if the emperor and empress would never have trusted Rasputin. The man that answered to the name of Rasputin was proven to be an actor and false prophet.

The above-mentioned false prophet was a supposedly religious healer and actor. (All actor, no healer.) His actions combined church with state that created the start of a revolution in Imperial Russia.

The emperor of Russia withdrew the Russian Army from World War I. In this period of time, the revolution picked up momentum during the turmoil in Russia that existed at the time. The United States government sent a battalion of U.S. soldiers into Russia as an Army of Occupation. This move by the United States government created the animosity and prejudice that still exists today between the United States and Russia.